United's trip to face reigning Premier League champions
Chelsea has been rescheduled for Tuesday, 1 March.
The encounter was initially due to be played last Sunday, but
was postponed due to heavy snowfall around Stamford Bridge.
The new date is subject to neither side having an FA Cup fifth
round replay to shoehorn into an already tight fixtures schedule.
Should both teams exit the competition in the third or fourth
round, the fixture could be brought forward to an earlier
weekend.
Should the Reds travel to West London on 1 March, however, it
will fall amid a series of away games. United travel to Marseille
(23 February), Wigan (26 February) and Liverpool (5 March).
Though Sir Alex admits last weekend's postponement perhaps
suited Chelsea more than United, with the champions currently
struggling for top form, he retains confidence that his side can
end a long winless run at Stamford Bridge.
"They were in a bad bit of form and they were probably quite
happy to get the game off; that’s one way of looking at it," the
manager told his pre-Sunderland press conference. "But at the end
of the day it doesn’t matter when we’re going to Chelsea, we’ve got
to be confident of going there with the right team to win."